Authentication of controlled dosing processes

A method comprising:

• receiving product information that identifies a chemical product contained in a product container loaded onto a dispense station;
• comparing the received product information with product information corresponding to a specified chemical product associated with the dispense station;
• authenticating the received product information when the received product information matches the product information corresponding to the specified chemical product;
• and
• preventing dispensing of the chemical product when the received product information does not match the product information corresponding to the specified chemical product.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of electronically readable labels, each associated with a different one of a plurality of product containers, wherein each electronically readable label stores product information that identifies a chemical product in the associated product container and transmits the product information in the presence of an interrogation signal;
• a plurality of dispense stations, each associated with a specified one of a plurality of chemical products and each of which receives a product container containing a chemical product to be dispensed;
• a plurality of station antennas, each associated with a different one of the plurality of dispense stations and each of which generates the interrogation signal and receives the product information transmitted by the electronically readable label associated with the product container received by the associated dispense station;
• an interrogator that activates the station antennas to generate the interrogation signal and receives the product information from the station antenna;
• and
• a controller that receives the product information from the interrogator, determines whether to authenticate the received product information and generates a control signal based on the determination.